Some Observers Expect Summit Delay

By

Barry Wain Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated April 5, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

SINGAPORE -- East Asia is split over plans to hold the region's first summit in December, with governments debating who should attend and what steps might follow to create a more formal regional grouping.

Some countries want summit invitations limited to the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean -- which is organizing the meeting -- plus Northeast Asia's three big powers: China, South Korea and Japan. But...